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Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES GARMENT William D. Craig,

Meadville, Pa... assignor to Hookless Fastener Company, a. corporationof Pennsylvania Original application March 19, 1934, Serial No.

716,279. Divided and this application May 3, 1934, Serial N0. 723,726

2' Claims.

This invention relates to garments and particularly to a novelconstruction of the edges thereof; this application being a division ofmy Patent No. 1,960,218, issued May 22, 1934.

It is among the objects of the invention'to provide a thin, neat edgeconstruction which is economical'to make and is thinner and more pliablewhen in use than edge constructions heretofore employed. v

More specifically it is one of the objects of the invention to providean edge construction particularly suited to fly openings oftrousersclosed by slide fasteners.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing specification.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 have shown for purposes of illustration,one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice. In thedrawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a ers embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; and 1 Fig. 3 is anenlarged plan view of a portion of an edge constructed in accordancewith the invention.

Referring to the drawing, a pair of trousers includes a right leg-pieceIll and a left leg piece I l. A right fly or flap I2 is secured to theedge of the right leg piece I 0, so as to form a prolongation of itssurface, and the left fly or fly facing I3 is 'sewed behind the left legportion H. The left fly facing l3 and left leg portion H overlap andcompletely conceal the right fly or flap I! in the customary manner whenthe trousers are closed. j

All of the foregoing parts are made of any suitable or customary textilefabric which may have a right side and a wrong side. As used herein theterm right side is used to designate the surface of the fabric which isusually outside the garment, and the term wrong side designates thesurface of the material which is usually inside of the garment or turnedunder. The right side and wrong side may be identical in appearance ornot according to the selection of the fabric.

Any suitable slide fastener is used to close the fly opening, forexample, one consisting of a pair of stringers 20 and 2|, each carryinga row of interlocking elements along its edge and sewed to the flies l2and I3 respectively. The stringer 2|] is preferably secured in the seambetween the right leg portion Ill and the right fly l2, and the tape 2|is secured to the inner or right side of pair of trousthe left flyfacing at such a point that the slide fastener, when closed, draws theleft fly over the right fly .to completely conceal the slide fastener,as shown best in Fig. 2.

My invention includes a novel construction of 5 the left fly. It haspreviously been the practice to place the left fly, a layer of liningmaterial and the left leg in a stack or pile and join the edges by asimple seam, then turn the lining and fly back on the leg portion toconceal the seam. 10 This results in an edge having six layers offabric, which is objectionable not only because it forms an undesirablebead at the edge of the garment, but also because it is stifl' andcauses the fly to bulge and gap in the inevitable wrin- 1 klin'g of thefront of the trousers which occurs in wear. I

In accordance with my invention, I place the left fly facing 13 and theleft leg in position with their -wrong sides facing each other. Ifdesired 20 the usuallining material 26 may be inserted between the legand fly facing as shown in Fig. 2. Iplace the front leg portion with itsedge 21 I slightly overlapping the edges of the fly facing and liningand with the principal part of its main 25 surface disposed outside ofthe area of the fly facing and lining, as shown by the dotted lines 28,in Fig. 2. The three layers'of material are thenjoined together byover-edge stitching 29 which passes thru all three layers and passes 30over the raw edge 21 of the leg so as to give a finished appearance.This is conveniently accomplished by any suitable form of sewing machineknown as a zig-zagger. The leg is next folded back over the fly facingand lining, as 35 shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Therefore while thestitching 29 passes thru all of the layers of-material it does not passthru that part of the leg portion which is disposed opposite the wrongside of the fly facing, thus the stitching is invisible from the front,and an edge having only four layers of material, instead of the usualsix, is provided. This edge is thin and pliable, and permits the fly l3always to lie firmly againstthe fly l2. Experience shows that it liessnug and does not bulge or gap even when the entire fly structure bendsor wrinkles.

While I have shown and described in this application one embodimentwhich my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood thatthis embodiment is merely for the purposes of illustration anddescription and that various other forms may be devised within the scopeof my invention as deflned in'thegappended claims.

What I claim as my invention is;

1. Trousers comprising in combination a piece of textile fabric formingthe front of one leg and one of the flies of the trouser fly opening,said fabric having a right side and awrong side, and a fly facing ofsimilar fabric having a right side and a wrong side, the wrong sides ofthe leg piece and fly facing being placed toward each other and themargin of the leg piece being folded over the edge of the fly facing andsecured to the right side of the fly facing by over-edge stitchingpassing over the edge of the leg piece and through the facing but notpassing through the portion of the leg piece visible when the trousersare worn normally.

2. Trousers comprising in combination a piece of textile fabric formingthe front of one leg and one of the flies of the trouser fly opening,said fabric having a right side and a wrong side, a fly facing ofsimilar material placed with its wrong side toward the wrong side of theleg piece, a layer of lining material placed between the flyfacing 5 andleg piece with its edge coincident with the edge of the fly facing, themargin of the leg piece being folded over the edge of the lining and flyfacing and secured to the right side of the fly facing by over-edgestitching passing over the 10 edge of the leg piece and through the flyfacing and lining but not passing through the portion of the leg piecevisible when the trousers are worn normally.

WILLIAM D. CRAIG. 15

